| Tragic Figures | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Savage Republic |
| Cover: | Savage Republic Tragic Figures.jpeg |
| Released: | June 1982 |
| Recorded: | July 1981–March 1982 |
| Studio: | Radio Tokyo, Venice, CA |
| Genre: | Post-punk, experimental rock |
| Length: | 37:05 |
| Label: | Independent Project |
| Next Title: | Tragic Figure |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
Tragic Figures is the debut studio album by American post-punk band Savage Republic, released in 1982 by Independent Project.[1] The reissue version was augmented with the 1982 single "Film Noir" and the 1984 EP Tragic Figure, among other bonus tracks.
The sleeve design, by Bruce Licher, features a photograph of the revolutionary government executing Iranian Kurds on August 24, 1979. The photographer, Jahangir Razmi, won a Pulitzer Prize anonymously but was able to reveal himself in 2006.
Adapted from the Tragic Figures liner notes.[2]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1982 | Independent Project | CS, LP | IP 004 |
| 1987 | Fundamental | CD, LP | SAVE 21 | |
| 1990 | CD | |||
| 1994 | Independent Project | IP 004 | ||
| 2002 | Mobilization | MOB 101 |
The song Real Men is used in the Silence of the Lambs (film) when Catherine Martin captures Jame Gumb's pet dog and threatens to kill it before Clarice Starling arrives.[3]